Author Archives: leemeredith

leethal Adventure Knit-a-long!

Summer is almost here and it’s time for some adventure!  So in July will begin the leethal Adventure Knit-a-long! A knit-a-long like no other, you will be led on adventures each week as you make choices about your knitting project.  You’ll be able to choose between four different items – three accessories, or one smallerContinue reading “leethal Adventure Knit-a-long!”

I’m in Knitscene Accessories 2013!

Hey you guys, I have a pattern in a magazine!  Woo! That’s a montage from their webpage of just a few of the 33 patterns in Knitscene’s new Accessories 2013 issue, and there’s my pattern! It’s called Pink Squish Hat, and it’s a bulky cabled hat knit modularly in four sections, all connected with short rows,Continue reading “I’m in Knitscene Accessories 2013!”

New pattern: Biratu, a cabled shawl

Cables!  Shawls!  Cabled shawls!  Let’s go! Biratu is here!  Using the same basic construction as Betiko, all modular, no picked up stitches, no seaming, just short rows, increases, and decreases.  And cables! If you like it, and feel up to the possible knitting challenge (it’s not exactly hard, really, just a lot to keep trackContinue reading “New pattern: Biratu, a cabled shawl”

New leethal knits technique tutorials!

So after I finished all my recent leethalknits.com style/layout updates, I worked on improving my techniques tutorials section… including the addition of video!  Yeah I know, knitting tutorial videos are nothing new and I should have started doing it long ago, but now that I have a quick+easy camera I plan to make more… So IContinue reading “New leethal knits technique tutorials!”

Website makeover! Complete with new faq page, mailing list, and more…

There are more changes I’m still working on, but I just can’t wait to show you this huge update I’ve made to leethalknits.com!  First, brand new home page: Above is a screenshot on my big monitor, and below is in a smaller browser window – some of the background photos on the left may overlapContinue reading “Website makeover! Complete with new faq page, mailing list, and more…”

New and improved Betiko shawl, plus upcoming collection!

The first shawl I designed, back in 2010, was Betiko (on rav), first released as a mystery knit-a-long, then as a long multi-part pattern, with the more simple garter stitch edged version… …and the customizable pattern, with full instructions for the wavy version (below), detailed instructions for striping in any version, and for plugging inContinue reading “New and improved Betiko shawl, plus upcoming collection!”

Final Short Stripes Trio pattern: Robin the shawl!

The pattern was actually released a couple weeks ago, but I wanted to wait until I completed the whole ebook to do the blog post, and now I have!  So, not only is the third Short Stripes Trio pattern out – Robin – but the whole set is also now all together in an ebook.Continue reading “Final Short Stripes Trio pattern: Robin the shawl!”

Barry the hat! My 100th pattern! (and a celebration sale!)

Pattern #2 of my leethal Short Stripes Trio is out!  Barry the hat is for any weight yarn, with lots of options, variations, and modifications, so you can make it your perfect dream hat… And hey, guess what, Barry was my 100th pattern added to ravelry!!  So that’s exciting!  So, I want to have someContinue reading “Barry the hat! My 100th pattern! (and a celebration sale!)”

Rose City Yarn Crawl and what I’m up to these days…

Hey Portland people, and everyone traveling to Portland for this weekend’s Rose City Yarn Crawl, I want to let you know I’ll be making a few appearances throughout the weekend and I’m excited to be a part of this whole thing!  Yeah! Besides having some patterns in the prize basket mix, I’ll be having trunkContinue reading “Rose City Yarn Crawl and what I’m up to these days…”